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MAURICE PRENDERGAST: BY THE SEA A retrospective of the great early American modernist’s work, focusing on his depictions of leisure activities by the sea. (Pictured: Detail of “St. Malo.”) Through Oct. 13. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine. 207-725-3275. www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum

COURBET: MAPPING REALISM Drawing on collections in Belgium and the United States, the show traces the influence of the father of 19th-century realism on artists and collectors in both countries. Through Dec. 8. McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College. 617-552-8100, www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/artmuseum